tygger February 24, 2005 Share February 24, 2005 Anyone know of a local store that carries pure ammonia that can be used to begin a cycle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reverai February 24, 2005 Share February 24, 2005 Anyone know of a local store that carries pure ammonia that can be used to begin a cycle? 26660[/snapback] You don't need pure ammonia to start a cycle. Just any ammonia without perfumes or additives other than water will do just fine. Just look at the bottle see what it's inside. I bought some at the Giant store chain and it worked fine with a freshwater tank. I'm not sure if it's the right thing to do with a saltwater tank since just adding live rock and sand and a piece of shrimp will do just as well as ammonia. In any case, I'm sure one can buy pure ammonia anyway outside a chemical supply company and even they might wonder what you want with it as pure ammonia can be used to make large bombs! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelg February 24, 2005 Share February 24, 2005 the stuff steve mentions is what you want. You really would not want to be handling pure ammonia- very toxic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygger February 24, 2005 Author Share February 24, 2005 I actually meant just ammonia without the cleaning chemicals added. I stopped by Giant and the only one I found had cleaners in it. Oh yea, I'm going to use this to start a cycle on a fw tank. I'm setting one up for my parents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirick21 February 24, 2005 Share February 24, 2005 Just add cycle to the tank it works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygger February 24, 2005 Author Share February 24, 2005 Just add cycle to the tank it works great. 26694[/snapback] Cycle? Is this what you're talking about: cycle? Anyone have any comments on Cycle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goblinshark February 25, 2005 Share February 25, 2005 you dont want 100% pure ammonia, first of all it would burn through you skin and then when you add it to water it would produce toxic fumes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirick21 February 25, 2005 Share February 25, 2005 Cycle is a product that you by from the store that makes your tank 6 months old right off the jump. I have used it many times in the past and it works very well. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirick21 February 25, 2005 Share February 25, 2005 Did not see the link. That is it. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygger February 25, 2005 Author Share February 25, 2005 Instead of trying to find clear ammonia, I think I'll just do the shrimp method. I just thought the liquid ammonia method would be a little quicker since I wouldn't have to wait for the shrimp to begin decomposing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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